Lisa Lucas, executive director of the National Book Foundation talks about this year’s National Book Awards and its 70th anniversary.
US National Book Awards Finalists Drawn from 1,712 Submissions
With its Translated Literature award for authors and translators in its second year, the National Book Foundation announces its 2019 shortlisted titles.
US National Book Awards: 2019 Longlist in Translated Literature
Works from world literature in Arabic, Danish, Finnish, French, Japanese, Norwegian, and more are on the National Book Awards’ translated longlist.
US National Book Awards: 2019 Longlist in Young People’s Literature
Familiar faces–authors previously recognized–are behind six of this year’s 10 longlisted titles for National Book Awards in the young readers’ category.
Edmund White Is National Book Awards’ Distinguished Contribution Medalist
The iconic fiction and nonfiction writer of 20th-century American gay life, Edmund White, receives the medal from film director John Waters on November 20.
National Book Foundation Honors American Booksellers’ Oren Teicher
Engaged with the American Booksellers Association since 1990, Oren Teicher retires at the end of this year from his position as the ABA’s CEO.
US National Book Foundation Program To Distribute 1-Millionth Book
Begun in January of 2017, the National Book Foundation’s ‘Book Rich Environments’ program and its partners distribute free books for young readers.
National Book Foundation’s Spring ‘NBF Presents’ Season: Expanded Programming
With support from the Andrew Mellon Foundation, the National Book Foundation’s ‘NBF Presents’ expands its events and widens its outreach.
National Book Awards Honor Isabel Allende: ‘I’ve Found a Place’
The Chilean-American Isabel Allende receives the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters at the National Book Awards.
AAP Opens 2019 PROSE Awards to Entries; National Book Awards Host Is Nick Offerman
The Association of American Publishers’ PROSE Awards for scholarly and professional books will be named in February. The National Book Awards winners ceremony is on November 14.